Part B News | Editors' Blog

Facing erroneous Open Payments data? You'll have 45 days to dispute it

by: Richard Scott Mar 31, 2017

Any payments or gifts that you received from health vendors in 2016 will appear live on the Open Payments website on June 30. Starting April 1, you'll be on a 45-day countdown to review the data and ensure its accuracy.

How one clinical network runs its physician incentive program

by: Roy Edroso Mar 30, 2017

To get a more in-depth idea about insurer-based physician incentive programs, we talked to a clinically integrated network executive about how it works.

CMS won't pay for telephone, email care services -- but they can still make you money

by: Roy Edroso Mar 29, 2017

The April 3 issue of Part B News includes an article on getting value out of online and telephone codes Medicare won't pay for. One of our sources had some extra thoughts on how you can use online and telephone encounters to offer a care advantage that can also lead to increased reimbursement.

Billing update: Prolonged services capped at 2 hours

by: Richard Scott Mar 22, 2017

With the unbundling of non-face-to-face prolonged service codes (99358, 99359) this year, you gained a brand new way to get paid for the work you do behind the scenes. But don't get dreams of going hog-wild -- you'll be limited to reporting two hours total.

Sleep doctor talks about making telehealth work

by: Roy Edroso Mar 21, 2017

For our article on telehealth in the current Part B News, we spoke to Seema Khosla, M.D., a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and medical director of the North Dakota Center for Sleep in Fargo, N.D. To follow are some excerpts from our interview:

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